Network Automation

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Spotlight: Outpace Attackers with Cyber Resilient Network Infrastructure

The world depends on networks, so network devices need to be up and running, even in the face of attacks that threaten downtime. But the challenge for network engineers to keep network devices resilient is mounting. Vulnerabilities are being exploited faster than ever because threat actors are using AI to help them discover the latest […]

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From 3 hours to 7 minutes per HA pair: Time Saved by Automating Certificate Management

A blog series that shines a spotlight on real-world moments where network engineers use BackBox security-centric automation to save their organizations from costly downtime and surprises. Synopsis All firewall vendors require that their customers keep their certificates up to date. It’s a mandatory but time-consuming and tedious administrative task that’s error-prone and usually happens at

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How an MSSP Turned an Upgrade Issue into a Customer Confidence Builder

A blog series that shines a spotlight on real-world moments where network engineers use BackBox security-centric automation to save their organizations from costly downtime and surprises. Synopsis During a planned maintenance window for firewall upgrades, a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) customer of BackBox encountered an issue that required considerable time to troubleshoot and resolve.

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From 10 hours to 30 minutes: The Hidden Value of Automating One-off Tasks

A blog series that shines a spotlight on real-world moments where network engineers use BackBox security-centric automation to save their organizations from costly downtime and surprises. Synopsis A Managed Service Provider (MSP) customer urgently needed to activate licenses across 92 Palo Alto firewalls. Compounding the challenge, this had to be done within two days, but

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Key Takeaways from the Industry’s First Dedicated Network Automation Conference

On November 13-14, 2023, in Denver, CO, I had the unique experience of participating in the Network Automation Forum (NAF), the first conference dedicated to network automation. I have to admit that when I first heard of the event, also referred to as AutoCon, my mind immediately jumped to Optimus Prime from the Transformers. As

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Why Automate?

Here at BackBox we talk about automation as if it’s the correct choice for everyone, without questioning why that might be. I mean, we get into features, and we’ve got the best backup solution, etc. ” … there’s a lot of network automation and infrastructure automation going on right now,” <— that’s from a Network

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BackBox Introduces Network Vulnerability Manager (NVM)

BackBox is the first and only network automation platform to help network superheroes both track and remediate network and security device vulnerabilities (CVEs and more) in a way that especially designed for network teams. NVM gives administrators the tools to protect their networks by tying together device inventory with a threat and vulnerability intelligence feed.

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